Many families feel like they're navigating life's hardest moments alone—parenting struggles, grief, divorce, disability, identity, healing—without anyone who truly understands. This summit was born from the belief that no family should have to face those moments in silence.

Over two days, you'll hear directly from the courageous authors of Brave Families: The Ultimate Guide to Long-Lasting, Loving Relationships—real stories, practical tools, and hard-won wisdom for building deeper, healthier connections with the people you love most.

If you've ever felt overwhelmed, unseen, or unsure if your family's story fits the mold—you're not alone, and there is a path forward. Join us August 5th & 6th to find the courage, connection, and hope your family deserves.

Why Attend the Summit?

Brave Families Summit is designed for parents and caregivers who want deeper connection, real healing, and a stronger foundation for the relationships that matter most.

Over two days, you'll hear from the courageous authors of Brave Families—voices spanning parenting, grief, adoption, divorce, disability, identity, and healing from trauma. Each author brings more than a story—they bring a practical tool from their own life's work, something real you can carry home and use in your own family right away. Together, we'll navigate the real challenges families face, debunk the myth that struggle means failure, and explore practical, heart-centered tools rooted in connection, faith, and community.

This isn't a summit that ends when the sessions do. The authors are here to keep walking with you—answering questions, welcoming you into their own communities, and pointing you toward the book's own resource directory of support for nearly every family challenge you might face.

Because the truth is simple: the people we love the most have the power to teach us who we truly are. You'll leave with real stories to hold onto, practical wisdom you can use right away, and the courage and hope to keep building a family that lasts—on your terms, through every season of life.

Is This Summit For You?

This summit is for you if:

  • You want deeper, more meaningful relationships with the people you love

  • You've faced hard family moments—grief, divorce, disability, adoption, identity, trauma—and want to feel less alone in it

  • You're looking for real, honest stories instead of quick fixes

  • You believe healing and connection are possible, even after hard seasons

  • You want practical tools alongside encouragement and hope with a community that stays with you after the summit ends

This summit may not be for you if:

  • You're looking for clinical or purely academic content rather than personal stories and lived experience

  • You want a fast, transactional event with a hard product pitchild

  • You're not open to hearing perspectives from families different from your own

If you're ready to feel less alone and more equipped to love well—this summit was created for you.

Meet the Authors Who've Lived What You're Facing

You'll hear directly from the courageous authors of Brave Families—people who've walked through the same struggles many families face today: parenting, grief, adoption, divorce, disability, identity, and healing from trauma. Each one brings more than a story. They bring a practical tool from their own life's work, something real you can carry home to your own family.

25 contributing authors, featured across a mix of solo interviews and live panel discussions

over 2 days—with opportunities to ask questions and get real answers.

Every session is designed to leave you with a story to hold onto, a tool you can use, and a little more

hope than you came in with.

All sessions are Pacific time zone.

Laura Di Franco


Wed , August 5th & 6th 10:00 AM

Laura Di Franco is the CEO of Brave Healer Productions (including Brave Business Books and Brave Kids Books), an award-winning publishing house for holistic experts with a mission to help the world experience what’s possible. The company has launched 120 Amazon bestselling titles with a community of over 3000 authors in 25 countries.

https://www.BraveHealer.com

Jean Voice Dart

Wed & Thurs, August 5th & 6th 10:00 AM

Thurs August 6th 1:00 PM

Jean Voice Dart, multiple award-winning and multiple best-selling author is a psychotherapist, teacher, and coach. She helps others discover, embrace, and release blocked feelings and emotions through somatic expressive arts.

https://www.JeanVoiceDart.com

Kristina & Herb Heagh-Avritt

Yo
ur Summit Hosts

Kristina and Herb Heagh-Avritt are the founders of Vibrant Family Education and co-hosts of the Bringing Education Home podcast, empowering parents to strengthen family relationships and raise happy, healthy, and successful children.

https://www.vibrantfamilyeducation.com

Julie Schindler

Wednesday, August 5th 10:30 AM

Owner, 80NSunny, Creator of Feargiveness Frequency Healing in Color, intuitive healer and guide helping individuals and families transform fear into forgiveness through energy work, color healing, and connection practices like the 60 Second H.U.G.

https://80nsunny.com/

Illene Dillon

Wednesday, August 5th 11:00 AM

“Recovered Angry Person,” developer of Realigning with Emotions and Parenting Consciously, multiple Amazon best‐selling author, international speaker, and author of Emotions in Motion: Mastering Life’s Built‐in Navigation System, focused on long-term shifts in human consciousness.
https//:www.emotionalmasteryforlife.com 

Susan L. Ernst

Wednesday, August 5th 11:30 AM

Proofreading Services specializing in clarity, accuracy, and voice preservation; award‑winning author and child‑protection advocate guiding adults in recognizing risk and creating safe environments where children thrive.

https://forthesakeofchildren.org/

Stefanie Boucher

Wednesday, August 5th 11:30 AM

Reiki Master, poet, artist, and writer, “Mighty Menopause Mom,” mother of a young daughter living with the long-term impacts of surviving brain cancer and a cancer survivor herself, a wellness advocate, and a strong voice for accessibility, diversity, and inclusivity. Uplifting women as they step into peace, power, and purpose in midlife.
https://stefanieboucher222.wixsite.com/mighty-moms-alliance

Molly McMillan

Wednesday, August 5th 11:30 AM

Author of the forthcoming Becoming Micah’s Mom: How Parenting My Transgender Child Changed

Everything; founder of Power Retrieval Retreats and Monadnock Myofascial Release; international instructor with MFR Seminars.
https://powerretrievalretreats.com/

 

Timothy Stuetz

Wednesday, August 5th 12:30 PM

CEO & Founder of Transformations; spiritual-enlightenment coach and award winning author of over 333 children’s stories, helping parents, children, and families experience creative, harmonious, soul-empowered lives.
https://www.timothystuetz.com 

Donn Ungar

Wednesday, August 5th 1:00 PM

Founder of Timeless Holistic Health LLC; holistic and Ancestral Clearing Practitioner, helping individuals uncover hidden emotional and energetic blocks so they can feel lighter, calmer, freer, and more in control of their daily life.

  https://TimelessHolisticHealth.com 

LeEtta Klink

Wednesday, August 5th 1:30 PM

Licensed social worker with an occupational therapy background integrating talk therapy, nervous system regulation, and self regulation tools for restoration.
https://neurologic.studio/

Kathleen Mitchell

Wednesday, August 5th 1:30 PM

Owner/CEO of Path to Discovery, transformation coach guiding women back to their true selves after loss and life transitions.

https://path2discovery.com/

Brigette M. Burton

Wednesday, August 5th 1:30 PM

Owner, Soul Work Publications, 4x best selling author, Mental Health and Wellness Advocate; creates safe

spaces for deeper self-awareness and healing.

Holly Blazina

Wednesday, August 5th 1:30 PM

An Ayurvedic gut consultant, yoga instructor, and Embodied Vision™ coach offering nervous-system mastery and gut-heart-mind-Spirit integration for stress, chronic illness, and emotional well-being.

https://www.biggutsylife.com/

Sandy Krzyzanowski


Wednesday, August 5th 2:30 PM

Owner of Better Day Yoga LLC; yoga practitioner of 30+ years and trauma-sensitive yoga teacher offering wellness programs in homes, studios, corporate settings, and schools
https://betterdayyoga.com 

Kathy Kwiatkowski

Thursday, August 6th 10:30 AM

Licensed Counselor and Multidimensional Healer offering personal mentorship and spiritual transformation to support deep healing and rediscovery of the true Self. Author of the book Stand in Your Brilliance: A Transformative Guide to Overcome Life’s Challenges and Remember the Truth of Who You Are. Featured on Journeys Into the Soul (GAIA/Aazon Prime).

https://www.kathykwiatkowski.com/

Chris Bystriansky

Thursday, August 6th 11:00 AM

Author, real estate investor, IRONMAN triathlete, and double hip-replacement patient offering weekly video tips to strengthen financial, physical and mental health, wealth, and impact.

https://www.chrisbystriansky.com/52-for-life

Elizabeth Kipp

Thursday, August 6th 11:30 AM

Owner of Elizabeth Kipp Stress Management, LLC; Stress Management and Historical Trauma Specialist,Certified Addiction Recovery Coach, Ancestral Clearing Practitioner, and international best-selling author of The Way Through Chronic Pain: Tools to Reclaim Your Healing Power, guiding others to reclaim inner freedom, embody resilience, and live from their highest truth.
https://elizabeth-kipp.com/

Maria Feider

Thursday, August 6th 11:30 PM

Certified Reiki Practitioner (Level 1 and 2), The Wellness Universe Social Media Manager and blog author, integrative health and wellness student, and independent contractor, passionately helping individuals with personal empowerment and self-development.
https://www.thewellnessuniverse.com/world-changers/mariafeider/

Jenny Tasker

Thursday, August 6th 11:30 AM

3x Best-selling author, and well-being advocate. Sharing daily thoughts, inspiration, and wisdom gained through living with the challenges of a rare disability.

https://linktr.ee/jennydtasker

Nancy Stevens

Thursday, August 6th 11:30 AM

Owner, Nancy Stevens Coaching, Certified Personal Integrative Coach (CPIC), 4× #1 Amazon best-selling author, and mindfulness-based practitioner helpig individuals build trust, release overwhelm, and cultivate calm, clarity, and confidence.
https://nancystevenscoaching.com/

Sherman & Semise Daley

Thursday, August 6th 12:30 PM

Owners, CEO & COO of Marriage Restoration Ministry, Inc., helping married couples restore, strengthen, and fortify their relationship with God and with one another.

https://restoredmarriages.com/

Heather Potvin

Thursday, August 6th 1:30 PM

Owner, Enlightened Passage, works as a holistic wellness advisor, using the arts of vibration, sound, and Reiki, helping others with the peaceful passage of loved ones, consultations, and end-of-life planning.
https://enlightenedpassage.net/

Sara Jane

Thursday, August 6th 1:30 PM

Sara Jane is the founder of Gift of Healing TV, a live weekly program sharing interviews with many

different practitioners, supporting health and wellbeing, sharing meditations, exercises, and conversations. In 2005, Sara took the leap to self-employment as a Complementary Health Therapist, learning Reiki, Indian Head Massage, Metamorphic Technique, Thai Foot Massage, Ear Candling, and Quantum Touch. She is also the creator of Vocal Reiki

https://vocalreiki.com/

Norman Gordon

Thursday, August 6th 1:30 PM

Owner, Norman Gordon Lifecoaching, Best-selling Author, Award-winning Author, Virtual Program Host, and Poet partnering with clients to uncover tools for well-being enhancement.
https://share.google/9oMxkAX7ZJfm8sImL

 

Jennifer Lauren Burkhart

Thursday, August 6th 1:30 PM

IntuitLove, LLC—helps families transcend limitations by clearing past hurts and realigning with their authentic selves; creator of The Becoming Intuitive, and the IntuitLove Experience, supporting thousands in rediscovering purpose, healing, and the miraculous.

Kristina Heagh-Avritt

Thursday, August 6th 2:30 PM

Founder of Vibrant Family Education and the co-host of the Bringing Education Home podcast to help families reimagine learning, strengthen relationships, and raise happy, healthy, successful children—building better communities and a better world, one family at a time.
https://vibrantfamilyeducation.com/

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